Giving Nods & Earning more Nods to Give

When I was brand new here, I didn't know how nods worked, there was nothing in the FAQ, and not a whole lot that I found in the Community Forums. I have now confirmed all the following to be true:

Each member has 5 nods to give per month.
Those 5 nods appear at the beginning of the month.
Nods are "use 'em or lose 'em" - i.e. they don't accumulate - hence:
No one ever has more than 5 nods to give at any time
Nods are all anonymous
Members cannot see how many nods they have to give
Members cannot see who they have given nods to

I've already put in a request to be able to see how many nods you have left to give, and David says he will definitely be able to add remaining nods to the control panel.

Within a day or two of first giving nods out, I was surprised to discover I had no more to give for a whole month after cheerfully handing them out to creators whose games I liked. Now I do see the logic in limiting them, so that they remain somewhat meaningful. However, I'd really like to be able to see who I've given nods to already, so that I can disperse them to as many deserving PGers as possible.

It also seems reasonable that strong contributors here might be able to earn the right to give out more nods, or to have them accrue. It is probably not a good idea for nods to accrue for everyone, else very inactive PGers coming back after ten months would suddenly be able to dish out 50 nods at once.

I can imagine a lot of ways that members could earn nods to give or accrual rights, so I thought I would throw this out to the community for ideas and opinions. As for accrual, either members could earn accrual status, or if there were ways to earn nods, then those nods could accrue, while the monthly allotment nods continue to expire.

Creators could earn a nod to give for each (or each x) game of theirs which achieves qualification status (2 positive ratings, and 20 plays). Players or Creators might earn one extra monthly nod to give for each Rank level achieved above the minimum. I dismissed the idea of earning nods to give based on nods received based on the potential for abuse by collusion. What do you think?

-slaaty, or "he who likes to give nods"

Is there a good reason for them to be anonymous? I received two and would love to know who gave them to me :P

and, i think Slaaty's idea is good, maybe in need of some working out but good.

And there should be a sort of authomatic special nod , or prize or else for the people that organize tournaments. I usually have 4 tournaments a month and only 5 nods to give so just one spare nod for other merits. And Arturo is winning all the tournament nods :)
At the moment i am just a Nod-To-Arturo Factory :P

@ Sunny1:

I guess the anonymity protects the giver (if he / she desires that).

The nodder can always choose to inform the recipient by a note in their message board (or a PM if recipient is in the friends list).

The anonymity is a good thing, I think. I agree with tickman above. Sure, it would be nice for a t'ment holder to be able to give out an extra nod now and then.
I take the opportunity to say thanks to all who have given me 40 nods!